SAUGERTIES, N.Y. --Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra called the seizure of more than 45 pounds in processed marijuana, 60 live plants as well as hallucinogenic mushrooms from a home at 349 Bandcamp Road "significant" and said it's one of the largest indoor grow operations he's ever seen.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the large indoor "cultivation operation" and face felony charges.

Cara L. Kelly, 24, of 4331 Rohe Road, Apt. 3L, Syracuse, was arrested Thursday night and charged with criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies; and illegal growing of marijuana under the public health law, a misdemeanor.

Police also arrested Nicholas James Langella, 36, of 349 Bandcamp Road, who, in the presence of his attorney, turned himself in on Monday at 9:30 a.m.

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Police said Langella leased the home.

He was charged with criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies; and illegal growing of marijuana under the public health law, a misdemeanor.

Police said they executed a search warrant at 349 Bandcamp Road on Friday and encountered a large and "sophisticated" indoor cultivation operation.

In addition to the large amount of processed marijuana and growing plants in various stages of maturity, police said they found a "substantial quantity of hallucinogenic mushrooms."

Sinagra said the street value of the marijuana was somewhere between $80,000 and $100,000. He was unsure of the monetary worth of the hallucinogens.

He said police also found an assortment of marijuana smoking devices that had been placed in cases and protected in foam.

"It was like going into an industry--the way that industry works, where they package their products up and get them ready for sale. I was pretty impressed with the whole design," he said.

"They even went to the extent of making sure all the windows were closed up. They were airtight, and again, this was done to keep people from the outside seeing what was going on inside the residence as well as it provided the correct atmosphere for this individual to cultivate the marijuana in," Sinagra said.

In addition, the home's electric system was converted to provide 50-amp service throughout the indoor farm, he said.

Sinagra called it a significant discovery.

"In my 25 years, this is the largest indoor grow operation that I've seen," he said. "For a local police agency, it's a very significant seizure."

Sinagra said police found out about it after two officers who were working warrants checked 349 Bandcamp Road as the possible location of someone they were looking for who had an arrest warrant.

"But come to find out, he no longer lived at that address," Sinagra said. "The young lady there invited them in, and that's when they noticed the drug operation."

"They stumbled across this," Sinagra said of his men. "It was basically boots-to-the-ground police work."

Kelly was arraigned in Saugerties Town Court and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail.

Langella was also arraigned in Saugerties Town Court. He posted $5,000 cash bail and was released pending further criminal action.